Essays about: "War Films"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words War Films.

  1. 1. Migrant in Limbo : An investigation into the dehumanisation of the migrant figure during migration and integration as shown through the short stories of Hassan Blasim

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

    Author : Rowena Blythe; [2022]
    Keywords : Migrant; migration; integration; dehumanisation; animalisation; performance; limbo; belonging; trauma; commoditisation; literature; Hassan Blasim; Iraq; Europe.;

    Abstract : In 2000, Iraqi-born film director, poet and author Hassan Blasim fled Iraq to escape persecution for his films on the forced migration of Kurds by Saddam Hussein's regime. After travelling through Europe for four years, he was granted asylum in Finland. READ MORE

  3. 2. Improving Recommender Engines for Video Streaming Platforms with RNNs and Multivariate Data

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Daniel Pérez Felipe; [2022]
    Keywords : Recurrent neural networks; Recommender systems; Video on demand; Clustering methods; Återkommande neurala nätverk; Rekommendationssystem; Video på begäran; Klustermetoder; Redes neuronales recurrentes; Sistemas de recomendación; Vídeo bajo demanda; Métodos de clustering;

    Abstract : For over 4 years now, there has been a fierce fight for staying ahead in the so-called ”Streaming War”. The Covid-19 pandemic and its consequent confinement only worsened the situation. In such a market where the user is faced with too many streaming video services to choose from, retaining customers becomes a necessary must. READ MORE

  4. 3. Presenting The Ward : A Study of the "Educational" and Three National Institute of Mental Health-Approved Films (U.S. 1950s)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Marcus Neuman; [2022]
    Keywords : Educational films; Psych Ward; Mental illness; Patients; Stigma; Deinstitutionalization; Post-War Film; The Snake Pit; Man to Man; Mental Hospital; Back Into The Sun.;

    Abstract : The subject of mental illness and the various disorders associated with it, is frequently sensationalized and capitalized upon in visual art forms. In cinema, many narratives have addressed or challenged public conceptions of mental illnesses, raising concerns about socially relatable consequences such as stigma. READ MORE

  5. 4. “The Silent Celluloid Salesman” : How and why Ford Motor Company became the largest motion picture producer and distributor in the world

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Pedro Scofano de Almeida; [2021]
    Keywords : Ford Motor Company; Industrial Films; Silent Cinema; World War I; The United States;

    Abstract : This study explores the under-researched subject of “industrial films” through the analysis of how Ford Motor Company made use of motion pictures to reinforce its political and economic interests during the 1910s and 1920s. In 1914, the automobile company constituted a motion picture department, establishing itself as the largest film producer and distributor in the world in the subsequent years. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Spectacle of the Alien/Migrant An exploration through Hollywood Science fiction and Horror Movies before and after 9/11

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Jonathan Cardenas; [2021]
    Keywords : science-fiction; horror; blockbuster; representation; alien; the other; myth; immigration; migrant; Hollywood; orientalism; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at addressing the question of the representation of the Other within current dominant visual media. The Other, in the context of this thesis, refers to any minority community group identified as different from a certain dominant norm; depending on the context it could correspond to groups such as Women, Afro-Americans or Arabs. READ MORE